一家大小

一家大小

Chinese

		entire family	big and small; size; proportions big and small; size; proportions; dimensions; magnitude
simp. and trad. (一家大小)		一家	大小
Literally: “entire family, big and small”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījiā-dàxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yījiā-dàxiǎo [Phonetic: yìjiā-dàxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiadahsheau
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ ta̠⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²
    • Yale: yāt gā daaih síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ dai⁶ xiu²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一家大小

1. the whole family

   放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
   放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]

   We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

Synonyms

• 一家老小 (yījiā-lǎoxiǎo)
• (Cantonese) 一家大細／一家大细